The Rice University think-tank examined city data and found that, as advertised, roughly 95 percent of the potholes Houstonians reported to the city's 311 help line were filled by the next business day, as Turner had promised in his inaugural address.

"This independent verification confirmed we are delivering on the pledge to quickly respond to pothole complaints in the city," Turner said Wednesday. "This is an example of the new level of customer service I expect city government to deliver."

Kyle Shelton of the Kinder Institute said he and his team welcomed the opportunity and praised the city's willingness to "use the data that's being collected on a daily basis to try to improve city services."

One item Shelton's crew noted in its 7-page report is that, while the percentage is correct, it could use a bit more context. For instance, the percentage does not account for the time it takes Public Works to figure out whether the pothole reported by a citizen is, indeed, a pothole, or whether it's a more serious problem that a bit of asphalt won't fix.

"The 'Potholes Filled by Next Business Day' chart, while accurate, should be framed only as a subset of the 311 reports," the report reads. "As of now, that information is not obvious to readers unaware of the data sources. A simple addition of '93 percent of citizen-reported potholes are filled within this time frame relative to the total number of citizen-reported potholes that are filled' would help. As of now, the denominator used to create the percentage is unclear."

You can read the full report here and you can visit the city's pothole websitehere for a decent amount of interesting data.

Among that interesting data: City workers filled 468 potholes on Tuesday, just 23 of which were reported by citizens through 311.